Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-10-13
DAKOTA NEWSPAPERS.
Opinions Upon Current Topics Edi-
torially Expressed by Terri
torial Soribes.

Aberdeen News: A striking illnstrs-
ton OF the uselessness of o board of rail-
way commissioners in the territory can
be had right here in Aberdeen. In n
month of June this august body request
! ed the Milwaukee to improve ITS depot
facilities in this CITY. Previous to this
the company had declared its intenticn o
TO build a Q depot, but now it seeEas
1t has changed its mind, and likewise
the board of commissioners changes it's
mind. At least their order has com.
manded no respect from the company.
and 40 attempt has been made to 81
force it. At the same meeting ct which
they ordered" the depot improved the
members of the board "considered" a
petition for the building of a ~" con-
Meeting the Manitoba tracks with those
OF b other companies here. Action
on this wal indefinitely postponed. At
| least nothing hts been heard of it for
! montl 8. The board is a real nice thing.
1t is q real soft snap-for its members.
jamestown Capital: That the ma
iority for division at the election ia
November will be overwhelmingly for
division is a foregone conclusion, the
Misrepresentation OF the sentiment of
the people on the subject by interested
publications to the contrary notwith.
standing. Every man has the right to
cast his vote for or against division %
he may see fit, and we hopsa all will avail
themselves OF the privilege 30 that
may congress know definitely Just how
tho people stand on the question.
La Moure Progress: Judge Palmer,
who Was lately started on the congress-
ional track from south Dakota, haowrit-
ten q letter in which he refers to editors
OF the weekly press as ''peuny-a-liners,
who attempt the responsibility OF faith
ering patent insides, in the back wooda,"
ct cetera. 1t would not be difficult to
select from the membership of the
country press now and her one who la
what the judge evidently is not, q gentle
man, and likewise very many who would
not feel greatly hattered If treated as
his equals,
De Smet Leader: Judging the future
by the past, north Dakota and south
Dakota as one huge state. will quarrel
like two cats tied together; as two states
With four United senators having q COM.
mon interest in pushing the Develop
ment OF the great northwest, they will,
like twin sisters, work together in alb.
solute harmony.
Plankinton Standard: Judge Palmer
will find thst these s'penny.a liners of
"patent bowels" are much nearer the
people than some of the "lalge aud ably
edited dailies," if the congressional bee
IN his hat ever takes flight, it will never
soar its wings on the banks of the
Potomac, but Will be drowned in Salt
river.
Bismarck Settler: 1t seems that just
as we predicted Burleigh county has
been made the victim of the rings de-
termination to prevent O vote on the
division question. On the day on which
the commissioners were TO appoint pre-.
oincts aud judges, COMMISSIONS Edger-
ly being promptly On hand at the hour
and the other commissioners coming
from the country and being late, Mr.,
Edgerly adjourned the meeting "sine
die" before the others arrival. The
idea seems to be that as ID would take
five days to cali q special meeting, 1t
would be tool late for the commissioners
to act. The act 10, however, that it lies
with the county auditor to call the cleo
and not with the commissioners, their
duty being only to fix precincts and APP
point judges. The auditors duty is
still incumbent on him and the appoint
ment of precincts can, so far as We can
see, come off later.
sioux Falls Press: Ia President Ciev-
land blameworthy because con-
gress has done nothing looking
towards the division of Dakota,
or even for her admission as o
wholef Undoubtedly-to an extent, at
least. The president is the oficial head
OF the govern ment. At the beginning
of every session of congress- he prepares
an exhaustive message, which recon-
mends to congress the things which the
president thinks ought to be done. Mr..
Cleveland has thus far prepared two
annual messsRes-besides several others
during the eessions-aud in neither OF
them has the word Dakota occurred,
This omission shows that MIR. Cleveland
doesn't think sheye is any thing concern,
ing Dakota which is especially deserv-
ing the attention Of congress. He re-
! commends nothing. His party does
nothing. In this respect MIR. Cleveland
can claim no virtue over his party,
Both ste infspAT CfA"Eathing.
months ago the Capital drew upon it
self the fire OF many of the democratic
= papers OF the territory, and some OF the
i nllGkGu ECPub&iSEh RNPSte shes ~ On
doing obtained more or less printing
patronage from the territorial admins
~trstion, because WI criticised the official
, actions of Gov. Church. Knowing that
We were right we pursued our course re-
gardless OF the censnre of the t'organs'
of the mugwump party or OF the sub.
sldized jumping jacks OF the opposite
party. Then we were aimost alone, no q
the press of the territory is nearly all OIL
, our side. There 10 not q respectable ant
influential paper III the territory tina
. will undertake to defend the administra
\ ton of Gov. Church in any other thar
+ an a%poloRetic n By his ostenta
. tIous and arrogant spirit he has brough
upon himself the disfavor and TO a grea
extent open opposition of the democrac.
, of the territory and made himse!f tn
laughing stock OF the republican part.
which he vainly imagined he was captur
ing by his mugwump policy. We chal
b lenge the history OF the territory to pro
: duceIthe name OF o governor who has 8
quickly and SO thoroughly hattened on
in the estimation of the whole people
We do not rejoice in the failure of Gov
Church to meet even the most REASONABLE
and liberal expectations but regret it
Through him the democratic part
winch was making wonderfully rapi
advance, has been set back several year
and may never wholly recoyer from j
: The contrast between the respect an
esteem everywhere manifested for Go,
Pierce last year and the indifference
the people towards Gov. Church thi
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